Reasoning skills are skills that process basic to cognition of all forms. Reasoning skills are skills that you will need for your entire life. Many poeple believe that children in primary school are way to young to learn about reasoning skills. In my opinion, I feel that children should have to learn these skills at younger ages to help them in the future. I feel that primary school is a great way to at least introduce these skills.
When you are younger, it is easier to process bad and good. If you are taught what is right and wrong when you are young, and are constantly reminded, you are more likely to not make the mistake. Why not inform children now of the proper reasoning skills they will need later in their life. The earlier the better. In a way, no matter what, reasoning skills are being taught somehow in school.
I feel that children should get a jump start on applying these skills they will learn in everyday situations. Not only in school, but out of school as well. Reasoning skills can also increases childrens motivation, and learn things in different contexts. They can start thinking critically early, and process things easier and quicker later on in life. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.05.x.html
People feel that teaching all these scientifical and mathematical reasoning skills are not helping children in the long run. You need reasoning to solve problems and put things together. They say reasoning is too hard, and does not come to children easily, so they get confused faster. Curriculum gets harder every year, and reasoning skills should wait till middle school, or even high school. If anything, it drops their grades. I disagree due to the fact that all it can do is help kids make better and smarter decisions.
Recognizing bad reasoning skills early can also help children out a lot. Whether it be drugs, math, or getting a job, you will need these skills. I feel the earlier you start, the easier it gets. That is the same for a lot of things. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Corinne_Zimmerman_Final_Paper.pdf
Overall, reasoning skills are very important in developing yourself, and should be taught in primary school. Without reasoning skills, it would be hard to find a job, pass school, and build your life. I feel starting realy will help later on in life. It not only helps you with jobs, it makes you sharper. http://www.criticalthinking.com/company/articles/verbal-reasoning-skills.jsp
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Technological Tidal Wave
We can all agree that technology has changed the way we go about our lives, in good ways and in bad. In this blog, I want to focus primarily on the way cell phones have changed our way of living. I want to talk about the way smart-phones allow us to access the internet while we are traveling on a family vacation, but first, I want to get in to how it all came at us like a title wave.
When I was first started high school, my parents didn't think twice about letting me have a cell phone. In high school these days, gossip spreads like wildfire thanks to the influence of cell phones. I got the first hand view on things when I started high school. I talked to people, I listened to the person talking to me, and got a first-hand glimpse of what was going on in my circle of friends. By the time my senior year came along, there were rules not to have your cell phone in class or they would be taken away. This is something I wouldn't have imagined when I first started high school. You walk through a cafeteria at lunch time now, and everyone has they're head planted into their cell phone. There was a time when social networking was in person, not on Facebook or Myspace. "Facebook is tantamount to social suicide". (http://jezebel.com/5350259/can-facebook-make-or-break-your-social-life). Online social life can ruin a young person's real life outlook.
On the other hand, how much does it cost to travel across the continent or globe, if you are going to have a meeting with someone? In these dire economic times, even million-dollar corporations are trying to save a dollar here or there. With the revolution of cell phones, people now have the ability to hold a meeting without traveling across the globe. Not only that, but they have the world wide web at the click of their finger on their phone, while the meeting is still going on. You have access to e-mails, can pull up quick facts to impress the other person, or have knowledge of a different country's culture and the way they do business (http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/index.php).
When it all comes down to it, technological advances in cell phones has both helped and brought down human society. Personal point of view is very important. Their are pros and cons to every different person with the advancement of technology. In my personal view, I can do my blog on a Blackberry (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-blackberry-technology/) or the awesome Sprint 4G phone that's on television and adds in movie theatres all the time. I can accomplish my priorities even if my computer crashes, or if I am traveling to visit my parents out of town.
When I was first started high school, my parents didn't think twice about letting me have a cell phone. In high school these days, gossip spreads like wildfire thanks to the influence of cell phones. I got the first hand view on things when I started high school. I talked to people, I listened to the person talking to me, and got a first-hand glimpse of what was going on in my circle of friends. By the time my senior year came along, there were rules not to have your cell phone in class or they would be taken away. This is something I wouldn't have imagined when I first started high school. You walk through a cafeteria at lunch time now, and everyone has they're head planted into their cell phone. There was a time when social networking was in person, not on Facebook or Myspace. "Facebook is tantamount to social suicide". (http://jezebel.com/5350259/can-facebook-make-or-break-your-social-life). Online social life can ruin a young person's real life outlook.
On the other hand, how much does it cost to travel across the continent or globe, if you are going to have a meeting with someone? In these dire economic times, even million-dollar corporations are trying to save a dollar here or there. With the revolution of cell phones, people now have the ability to hold a meeting without traveling across the globe. Not only that, but they have the world wide web at the click of their finger on their phone, while the meeting is still going on. You have access to e-mails, can pull up quick facts to impress the other person, or have knowledge of a different country's culture and the way they do business (http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/index.php).
When it all comes down to it, technological advances in cell phones has both helped and brought down human society. Personal point of view is very important. Their are pros and cons to every different person with the advancement of technology. In my personal view, I can do my blog on a Blackberry (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-blackberry-technology/) or the awesome Sprint 4G phone that's on television and adds in movie theatres all the time. I can accomplish my priorities even if my computer crashes, or if I am traveling to visit my parents out of town.
Friday, August 27, 2010
My first blog
Hi im devin. Not qute sure what to do here but I think just saying hi is our first blog. So HI<3
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